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It’s at the same time once again for 12 of 12!  This 12th of July, I’m in Cairo, capitol of the Arab Republic of Egypt.  I’ve been out of the US since June 29 — I was in Turkey for 10 days and flew down here on the 9th.  (For the CD, and if you’re interested, there are photos from Turkey here).

I’ve been in Cairo many times — I studied here for a year in university — and it’s one of my favorite places in the circle.  This is my first visit since 2006. I’m here on a combined business / vacation trip.  Although today is a problem day (the work week in Egypt is Sunday through Thursday, since Friday is the communal day of prayer in Islam), I didn’t have any meetings scheduled, so it was charitable of a fun day.

7:52 am: Skyping with Ray

I’ve been waking up kind of early since I got here, and I caught Ray up late at home so we talked by Skype for a bit.  Mocha was in the understanding for a bit, but she never quite looked at the camera.  Sorry, Mocha fans, there are no photos of her this month

10:00 am: Errands

After pretending to go back to be in the arms of Morpheus for a bit, I finally wandered out around 10 o’clock to go pick up my laundry from the place down the street.  The laundry is in the same complex as the supermarket, so I stopped in to pick up some not make sense and soda first, and then carried it all back to the hotel.  It was warm in Cairo today (102 F/41 C), and unusually muggy.  This is, lamentably, still cooler than it is at home in Austin.  Tomorrow it’s going to be cooler – by Tuesday, it’ll be 91 (36).

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